Wire barb for fences



(Mod-e1.)

G. B. BRAINARD.

WIRE BARB P03 FENGES.

No. 268,453. Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTIS B. BRAINARD, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

WIRE BARB FOR FENCE-S.

SPECIFICATION forming part 'of Letters Patent No. 268,453, datedDecember 5, 1882.

Application filed July 24, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OURTIs B.'BRAINARD, of the city of J oliet, in Willcounty, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Wire Barbs for Fences, the construction and operation ofwhich I will proceed to explain, reference being had to the annexeddrawings and the letters and figures marked thereon, in which Figure lis a perspective view of a barb detached from the wire; Figs. 2 and 3,end views of the wire strands, showing the barb applied thereto; andFig. 4, a perspective view.

. This invention relates simply to the peculiarly-shaped barb formed ofwire and having but two points, and intended to be placed in between thewirestrands by hand as the wire is being twisted. Much diflicultyhasbeen experienced in using wire for a two-pointed barb when it isintertwined or inclosed between the strands of the wire fence, for thereason that it would not stay in-place and would drop out. In this barbthe body a of the barb is long, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the barb,when inclosed by the wire strands c,'appears as is shown in Figs. 1 and2. The prods a point in opposite directions, and are provided at theirheel next the body a with the crimp or bend a forming a seat for thestrands c to lie in. This seat or crimp a? thoroughly prevents thedisplacement of the barb from its position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andis one of the principal features that is new. If the barb were plain atthis point, pressure against one of its prods awould force it out frombetween the wires 0, which the kink or crimp a? thoroughly prevents,making it possible to use wire for this purpose for a two-pointed barb.The distance apart of the prods a permits the barb to be placedinbetween the strands c, as they are being twisted by suitablemachinery, by

hand, thus saving the use of expensive machinery to coil the wire barbaround the strands to form a two-pointed-wire barb, as is usually done.

The body a may be formed with a bow init, as is shown by the end view inFig.3, to extend. a little outward from the strands c to form a loop,into which warning-plates or other attachments may be suspended from thefence, without such attachments or appendages be ing made to inclose thewire strands, to cause them to corrode or break. or receive injury atsuch'points on account of such attachments. This barb, thusformed ofapiece of wire, forms a remarkably cheap, durable, and effectivetwo-pointed barb. A

Fig. 3 represents the barb between the wire strands before they aretwisted to form a lock on the barb and Fig. 4 shows the barb after thewire strands are twisted, forming a lock which holds the barb betweenthem. by lying in the indentations a as aforesaid. The barb is firstplaced upon one of the strand-wires c, as shown in Fig. 5, and is heldthereon-by the other strand-wire inclosing it within a single coil ofthe two strandwires, so it cannot fall off.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows-to-wit:

The barb for fence-wires described, made of a single piece of wirehaving the crimps a a and loop a in combination with the two strandwires0 c, said barb placed upon one of said strand-wires loosely and heldthereon within a single coil of said strand-wires by its fellow strandlying in the crimps a a in the manner set forth.

CURTIS B. BRAINARD.

Witnesses l v WM. J. HUTGHINS,

S. S. DITTENHOEFER.

